Olukayode Egbetokun, the acting Inspector General of Police, IGP has ordered medical personnel across the country to treat gunshot victims without asking for Police report.
Egbetokun had issued the order to health workers, asking them to sensitize Nigerians on the issue.
The IGP’s order, based on the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017, was contained in a Police internal memo dated October 25, 2023, and signed by Olatunji Disu, the Force Principal Staff Officer.
The memo had been addressed to all Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Commissioners of Police and the Commandants of Police Colleges in Ikeja, Kaduna, Oji-River, Maiduguri and Enugu States respectively.
